"I said, ‘Oh my god, it’s pretty straight’" - Jerry West on his initial reaction after his unbelievable clutch shot in Game 3 of the 1970 NBA Finals

NBA legend Jerry West has had a plethora of iconic moments both as a player and executive, but one can argue his 60-foot buzzer-beater in Game 3 of the 1970 NBA Finals against the New York Knicks is on top of the list.

It was the same shot that sent the game to overtime and further solidified The Logo's status as the most clutch player in NBA history. At the moment the Lakers legend attempted the shot, he had an inkling that it was going to go in.

"I said, 'Oh my god, it's pretty straight,'" West said , as published in the Los Angeles Times. "You just never think it's going to go in."

A shot that only mattered for a couple of minutes

Unfortunately, West's iconic half-court heave — which only counted as a two-pointer at that time because there was no such thing as the three-point line yet — only bought him and the Lakers more time as they ended up losing to the Knicks in overtime 111-108.

Jerry scored 34 points in 54 minutes and tallied 15 points in the fourth quarter, but that wasn't enough. Because of the loss, the 14-time NBA All-Star has no interest in celebrating his legendary play.

" It doesn't really matter, does it, because we lost," he told SLAM. "I was so tired that I don't even remember the shot. I was just so worn out at the end of that game. And it wasn't a great moment for me. I hit a lucky shot in a game we should have won, but lost. We should have beaten the Knicks in that series. They had a wonderful team, and they really played well together, but we were better. Losing that series was one of the most devastating moments of my career . "

It's hard not to feel for the Lakers legend in this one because this loss to the Knicks was one of the eight times he failed to win in the NBA Finals. West, who made it to the NBA Finals nine times, averaged 27.0 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 6.7 assists in the '69-'70 NBA season. He had an incredible playoff run and tallied 31.2 points and 8.4 assists per game, but unfortunately, the Lakers lost to the Knicks in seven games.

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Knicks thought it was over

With the series tied 1-1, the NY squad thought they were about to run away with the victory until the Purple and Gold star hit the most unbelievable shot in NBA history. According to Knicks guard Walt Frazier, who had his own moment in the series when he put up 36 points and 19 assists in the title-clinching Game 7 match, West's shot caught the Knicks players off guard as much as it did with the crowd.

" The crowd was in a frenzy, everybody was going crazy, and there we were looking up at the scoreboard wondering what happened? What the hell happened?" Frazier said as it was published in the Los Angeles Times. "I'm saying to myself, man, if God wanted us to win that game that shot would have never went in," Frazier said.

But Frenzy and the Knicks continuously preached calmness while entering overtime in the huddle, and it worked for them not just in Game 3 but also in the series.

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